avasys drivers and PM-A850 scanning

[Joel Rees]

g wrote:
> Joel Rees wrote:
> <snip>
> > Or, preferably, point me
> > to a properly open solution?
>
> have you considered xsane?


Sorry, I was not very clear.

I tried scanning from the gimp. IIRC it was xsane that complained  
that it could not find the driver. When I went looking, that's when I  
found out that the avasys drivers are an opaque blob with a license  
that only allows reverse engineering far enough to comply with the  
LGPL, no source available.

I suppose I have been using the avasys drivers already in Fedora 7,  
but if there are properly open drivers, I would like to use those  
instead.

(I am not happy with this printer. Stupid profit-on-the-ink marketing  
games. Still, I'd like to use the scanner since I have it.)

Joel Rees

On 平成 20/08/13, at 23:09, Joel Rees wrote:

> I found a thread about Kooka being taken out of the distro.
>
> I've been using Kooka with my Epson PM-A850 all-in-one scanner- 
> expensive-printer, but I have not been able to scan at 1200 dpi.  
> Now I want to scan at 1200 dpi. I was able to take two scans, then  
> it wedged. I hit the full scan button and nothing happens. Move  
> reasolution back to 300 dpi and no problem. Back again to 1200 dpi  
> and no scan. That was on F7.
>
> So, I decided to boot up my experimental install of F9, and I  
> discover, no Kooka. Tried the scanner tool, but it complains that  
> it can't find the sane library for my printer, or that there is  
> some conflict. I really haven't been messing with loading lots of  
> stuff, so I figure it's not likely to be a conflict, but I'll check  
> later, if I can break out some time.
>
> Then I went hunting and found out that Kooka has been dropped.
>
> I also found Avasys. It's a blob. LGPL-compatible licensed. Gag.
>
> Anyone care to comment  on Avasys's blobs? Or, preferably, point me  
> to a properly open solution?
>
> I'll keep looking tomorrow, it doesn't look like I have time to do  
> anything further today. But if anyone cares to give me a few clues  
> before I go hunting tomorrow, I'd appreciate it.
>
> (Sempron 2600, Pasokon Koubou's private Librage brand with a K4  
> mobo, IIRC.)
>
> Joel Rees
>
>
> Joel Rees
> (waiting for a 3+GHz ARM processor to come out,
> to test Steve's willingness to switch again.)